Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusMimus (Typical Mockingbirds)
- SpeciesMimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)
Closest Relatives at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
Le Conte's Thrasher
Toxostoma lecontei
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Mockingbird in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Northern Mockingbird sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, based on 189 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Mockingbird in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?
December has the highest sighting rate for Northern Mockingbird in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in our monthly data.